The ambient backdrop of beekeeping elevates Monk Kidd’s narrative in original ways, but the goopy theatrics and unnatural characters weigh it back down.
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Review: Sharp Objects
Flynn’s debut novel is arguably her darkest to date, spiked with plot twists and cruel women.
Review: Prelude to Foundation
For the 6th entry in Asimov’s Foundation series, adventure on Trantor awaits as the birth of psychohistory dawns.
Review: Foundation
Isaac Asimov’s sci-fi classic ponders big ideas as Hari Seldon, mastermind founder of psychohistory, steers civilization through the chaos of a creaking empire.
Review: Hatchet, The River
A review double feature of Gary Paulsen’s survivalist series for young readers.
Review: The City and the Stars
Arthur C. Clarke’s visionary tale of the distant future shines a light on humanity’s relationship with technology as a guarded society rediscovers its place in the universe.
Review: Whiteout
A master of storytelling delivers a high-strung thriller just compelling enough to dispel disbelief.
Review: The Drive-In
A two-shot pulse of comedy and horror, The Drive-In is a goretastic romp through B-movie stardom.
Review: The Black Cloud
Fred Hoyle’s sci-fi debut continues to transport readers to places science cannot yet take us.
Review: The Martian
Andy Weir invites us into a world where bottomless ingenuity, basic NASA provisions, and copious amounts of duct tape are all you need to survive a death trip to Mars.
Review: 1984
A generation-spanning dystopian vision of government overreach, from one of the greatest writers the English language has ever known.
Review: I Am Legend
That moment you realize how sharply the film deviates from the source material.
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